Charlie, the horse from Fairbrook Horses & Carriages, and Please the dog will be transporting and escorting punters around Brunswick Heads during the Queens Birthday Weekend’s Old & Gold Festival. Just as well: the garage sales this year are spread all over Brunswick Heads and there’s a lot of ground to cover. Photo Jeff ‘Gold Digger’ Dawson
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Shores United win local derby in season opener
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Entertainment in the Byron Shire and beyond for the week beginning 3 March, 2021
Entertainment in the Byron Shire and beyond for the week beginning 3 March, 2021